Three security forces members were killed in a clash with insurgents on 24 August in the village of Minhanha, Meluco district, following an attack in which two civilians were beheaded

Mozambican rapid response police in Palma allegedly tortured three civilians, two of them to death, suspecting they were terrorists

Police claim to have killed 10 insurgents in fighting on Matemo island this week, while IS claims its jihadis killed 7 police or soldiers

How to feed IDPs, violence around SAMIM deployment deadlines, and Mozambican forces’ relations with civilians are vital issues to follow as the conflict evolves in the coming year

The reshuffle includes new appointments to commander of the army and deputy commander of the police, whose respective in-trays include the evolving insurgency and a spate of kidnappings

Footage has emerged of a captive who claims to have commanded maritime operations for the insurgency in Cabo Delgado

Two traders from Mueda, suspected of being buyers for insurgents, were brought back to the town to be questioned by local police after they were captured with goods sailing from Pemba to Palma

Cabo Ligado analyses the military challenges around civilian protection as displaced people return to the conflict zone

The chief of police emphasised that they had tried to take Nhongo alive, in order for him to face justice — something apparently at odds with President Nyusi’s pronouncements that Nhongo would be allowed to participate in the ongoing disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration process

Concern about the insurgency spreading to Niassa has been increasing, and Rwanda’s president said the province was the insurgents’ next target after Cabo Delgado